Genesis 7:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.”

Genesis 7:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 7:1714 words

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

הַמַּבּוּלhamabûlThe deluge

אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty

יוֹםywōmDay

עַלʿalAbove

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

וַיִּרְבּוּwayirəbûAnd increase

הַמַּיִםhamayimThe waters

וַיִּשְׂאוּwayiśəʾûAnd lift

אֶתʾet—

הַתֵּבָהhatēvāhThe box

וַתָּרָםwatārāmAnd be high

מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

הַמַּבּוּלhamabûlThe deluge

אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty

יוֹםywōmDay

עַלʿalAbove

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

וַיִּרְבּוּwayirəbûAnd increase

הַמַּיִםhamayimThe waters

וַיִּשְׂאוּwayiśəʾûAnd lift

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַתֵּבָהhatēvāhThe box

וַתָּרָםwatārāmAnd be high

מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

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